1. Is it from Umm Amr's abode in Al-Kharaiq the homes
Yes, homes long abandoned whose traces time outwore

2. Another in Dhi Al-Mashrooḥ from the belly of Bishah
Where barking dogs startle the quiet no more

3. You see it, though the friend has gone, as if
With its two protruding proboscises, a robe it wore

4. So I swore I'll not forget you as long as I live a night
Though homes crumble and tombs decay evermore

5. I love you as long as Nejd and Shayjah stand
As long as the camel's saddle its seat does score

6. As long as the desert's mirage flows and as long as
The wild deer's wrists unbound by rope run before

7. And as long as the clouds rain goodness on Tihamah
Gladdening hearts nomadic and settled folklore

8. Sakah gave them from Al-Jawzah and the bucket left behind
Maidens pure their beauty no elegy to deplore

9. With pearls of chaste virgins from Muzain they have
When dusk descends, dust their raiment does pour

10. In them, though the heart loves them, are breasts
When met by them, my reason and senses no more

11. I come to you true to my vow to your abode I walk
While my steps to where you dwell lead me evermore